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“Making Me Blush” – Lando Norris Pulls a Savage Prank on Daniel Ricciardo

Published 09/23/2021, 4:15 PM EDT

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Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris are great teammates but have an even better bromance. Even though it is just their first year as partners at McLaren, the duo has given the Formula One community some iconic moments.

The Australian was beaten by Norris in a game of table tennis and had nothing but praise for the Brit. Norris jumped into the banter as well, trying to be humble from the praises that he received from his teammate.

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Daniel Ricciardo seemingly praised Lando Norris after he was beaten in table tennis

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The F1 community always looks forward to seeing the banter between teammates. Hence, it was no surprise that they adored the banter between the McLaren drivers over a game of table tennis, where it seemed that Daniel had just lost a bet. Or maybe Norris had taken over his Twitter account? The latter seems more likely.

Daniel tweeted, “Apart from just getting beat 5-0 by Lando in table tennis, he’s taught me so much this year, especially in high speed corners. Impressive. He’s got some large cojones. Something I don’t have.”

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Norris replied with a cheeky comment saying, “Daniel, nahhhh, stop it, making me blush.”

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Ricciardo doesn’t hold back when it comes to making jokes about Norris

Regardless of what team a fan supports, they always look forward to seeing what antics are Daniel and Lando are up to. At a recent fan meet, Ricciardo suggested a name for Norris’ autobiography, which made the entire F1 community laugh.

While thinking about his answer, Ricciardo couldn’t stop smiling and said, “F**k it. The day I got my first hair on b*ll.”

 

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Norris tried his best to hold back his laughter but failed. As the 2021 season progress, it shouldn’t be a surprise that we see more banter between the McLaren duo.

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What has been your favorite Daniel and Lando moment at McLaren? Let us know what you think in the comment below.

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Arpit Gomes is an F1 author at EssentiallySports. Currently pursuing his Journalism degree from Xavier’s Institute, he is a big fan of McLaren and their driver Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo. Arpit always looks forward to the paddock moving to Spa and drivers dealing with the exciting Eau Rouge corner as well the straight at Monza.
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